Dr Gabor Mate – belated respects due – Replay
Following is one of the first articles published at this blog. From April 2009, it is updated today with information about an upcoming and unconventional addiction healing event involving Dr.…
June 2015
On the Frontlines of the Hashtag Wars: Enbridge, Tim Hortons and #BoycottTims
On the same day that Bill C51 was set for a final vote in the Senate, the Canadian internet erupted into a storm of angry tweets. The message was clear:…
Bill C-51 Chill in Northern Ontario Air? Mayors Accuse Greenpeace of Terrorism, Genocide
Is Greenpeace Canada engaged in terrorist activities, leading to genocide? That seems like a pretty over-the-top question for any sensible-minded person to ask themselves, but this week, a group of…
Ontario becomes first Canadian province to ban ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ children
NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo, who sponsored the bill. Bravo to Ontario legislators who today unanimously passed Bill 77 (Affirming Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Act), a private member’s bill. The…
Waterfront No-Brainer
Two terms ago, the public and media often referred to council as “the gong show” – no doubt from the number of inane comments and witless questions made at the…
June 4: As I expected…
…Over five pages of section A, including all of the editorial and commentary pages, are about one year ago in Moncton when three mounties were killed. It’s presented as a…
Interview in Western News
My authorial compadre at the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Kane Faucher, did a great job of interviewing me a while back, and it appeared in print today. Seriously.…
Elon Musk’s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies
Tesla Motors Inc., SolarCity Corp. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, together have benefited from an estimated $4.9 billion in government support, according to data compiled by The…
Grandstanding
grand·stand??ran(d)?stand/ verb derogatorygerund or present participle: grandstandingseek to attract applause or favorable attention from spectators or the media.“they accused him of political grandstanding” Just saying: i think there is a…
Un employé municipal sur deux en banlieue
Profession • % des employés qui ne résident pas à MontréalPompiers 82%Policiers 81%Contremaîtres 62%Cadres 49%Cols Bleus 48%Professionnels 38%Cols Blancs 32%Brigadiers 5%Total 49% source: http://ift.tt/1HLR0Up on the main Kersplebedeb website: http://ift.tt/1dhTqzI
Meanwhile back at the BC legislature…More BC Liberal Bullshit!
South Peace River BC Liberal MLA Mike Bernier did not arrive, he was sent! The BC Liberal’s Mike Bernier reads a prepared statement on SIA and contaminated soil (Video) Peace…
Killing Our Culture
Collingwood has killed Jazz & Blues at the Station – a popular, long-running, local cultural event second in audience only to the Elvis Festival. It brought some of Ontario’s top…
LNG tankers in Fraser River? Brief chance to comment on sneaky project
Fortis LNG compression station near Fraser River (beige tank) – courtesy of Eoghan Moriarty/RealHearings.org The following is republished with permission from The ECOReport. by Roy Hales Major energy project slipping…
Write2Know: Amplifying the Silences of Muzzled Scientists and Performing Participatory Democracy
Photo by Canadian Press There are so many stories that could be told about what it is we don’t yet know, what we can’t know, and what we aren’t allowed…
US Rebukes Israel While Showering it with Arms and Favors
Photo by Matanya Only a few weeks into Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, the intense strain of trying to square its members’ zealotry with Israel’s need to improve its international standing…
A Response From The Mound Of Sound
The Mound of Sound, who knows a great deal about the topic, offered the following response to my post on our hubris and our folly. Thanks for posting that video,…
Why Students Are Joining the March for Jobs, Justice and the Climate
Photo by chesapeakeclimate Canada’s ready for a new kind of climate movement. On July 5th, we’re marching for climate and economic justice in Toronto, Canada. RSVP for the March for…
The Snow Dragon v.2
Previously, I posted about a trekking adventure in Nepal, The Snow Dragon, from 2008. Google Photos has discovered this hike up to Annapurna base camp and built a little story…